LOST IN FLICKR....

sorry about the absence. I've been spending some time setting up some of my photos on flickr (use the link here or the photos on the side bar). I've added more from some that I've blogged about previously.

Don't seem to have done very much stitching lately but am now on the last minute dash to make some gifts for friends. I'll post a picture once they have received their gift.

I'll leave you now with a couple of gifts given last year, or maybe it was the year before, can't remember. Anyway, here are a couple of angels...

Hope that you all have a very happy Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Moira

x

Demise of a roller...

... a much loved roller came to an end on my last little project.

I really like using these foam rollers they work especially well painting Bondaweb as long as you don't press too hard.

Anyway, I thought that I would share a few last images of the roller ... Bye...

...and along came the bus!...

Explanation - I wanted to send a special thank you to a friend who is mad about books. She also likes altered books but can't bring herself to deface a book. Thou shalt not draw on a book! I seem to recall from the past....Anyway I decided to start her off, gently of course , on a kids board book bought from a charity shop.

So here, by way of an altered board book, is her thank you...

Starting with all the pages being sanded back then a light layer of gesso painted on.

A layer of thicker paint with scrunched cling film placed on top whilst wet. Allowed to dry then the cling film removed leaving a lovely surface.

Sponge roller used to apply acrylic paint to foam letters. Some printed more than once to give paler letters and some overprinted.

( I know that this might sound all a bit too obvious but I think it's good to record the techniques used ) .

A few punched shapes from pre-painted papers glued down with some diluted PVA glue.

Some more shapes with a little metallic rub-ons, like treasure gold.

Yummy tissue paper, I love the kind you get from Paperchase. This, of course, is one of them.

This one is not but I liked the idea of the text, not that you can see it after all the scrunching up!

...some more punched shapes...

Then the reason for the whole thing...the thank you!

...That's all folks!...

Other than to say that I've given my friend instructions that it is her book now to do with as she pleases, alter it in any way including covering up all or some of what I've done, including the "Thank you".

From her response I think she was pleased.

OK, that's it for now,

Byee.....

A step further...

from my last post. I had cut off the end of the embellished fabric but hadn't known what to do with it or even where I was really going with the original piece...
...Pause....
I was looking at a comment made on one of my posts, I do check them all and visit their sites even if I don't directly comment. Thanks by the way for taking the time to comment everyone and to those who don't comment, thanks for visiting.
Anyway I have now realised that I have no idea how I came by the bottlecap pincushion tutorial so sorry I can't link to you but I can link to the actual tutorial on flickr .
The whole point of all this is that I decided to use up the excess embellished fabric on some of the bottlecaps that I've been collecting recently... I knew that they'd come in handy eventually!
Here are the results...

...decided that I would just let you feast your eyes on these...

I may add a little more stitching and beads on some.

I had been having a dilemma as to what embroidery stitch I would use and in the end I just went for simple running stitch and a herringbone stitch. Sometimes the simpler the stitch then the bettter the result. (Yes, there is a bottlecap in the base of each one!)

Anyway, hope you've enjoyed looking as much as I've enjoyed making them.

Watch this space, I definitely feel that there are more on the horizon!

Byee!

Inspired...

...by Jean Littlejohn's work in the recent Stitch magazine and also some of the resulting vessels especially purplemissus and her dressels......purple felt with acrylic painted bondaweb from my stash...

...some foiling...used for some other project...obviously...

...some merino tops...(sorry about the photo)

...I added a navy chiffon scarf then embellished all over adding a few synthetic sheers as I went.

...a quick rub with some yummy Stewart Gill paints then a blast from the heat tool.

...the usual close ups...

...and again.

Some further embellishing on the reverse, a few tucks along the top and a metallic organza caught in place between the two side edges.

There is no base in the piece but thought that it looked interesting. Once I can get my thinking cap on I may be able to work one out before I start... Oh I mean design it!

I like it both ways...

... I had added a small piece of sheer and tops on the reverse which you can just see in this picture.

...yes, some more close ups...

...would like to see some stitching on this kind of surface.
...liked this bit!

Anyway thats all for now, byeee.

Crafting...

An embellished angel, of course!...

...some bonded...

... up close and personal...

...team photo!

Some Christmas cards.

...the usual close up photos, sorry about the shadows. I really need to work on these photos!

They're destined for Abernethy. Hope they go down well!

That's all for now,

Byee.